9. 9.2026
15:00–15:55
Moving Station - Main Hall
Buy ticketsWhat the Folk
Soňa Ferienčíková
BOD.Y ngo – PETER ŠAVEL & COMPANY, SKDuration: 55 min and has no intermission
WHAT THE FOLK We live in a time of tension and division. Is there something we all have within us? Something that connects us? Movement. I’m waiting at a bus stop or at the doctor’s, shifting my weight from one foot to the other. A step this way, a step that way – and a rhythm emerges, a dance. Kind of familiar… or familial? Folk?
WHAT THE FOLK – or what is folklore all about? Together with you, we want to explore how dance comes into being. How it emerges as a connection between us. How it grows out of the simplest steps, from the natural need to move. And how it gradually transforms – becoming richer and bolder. What might our folk dance look like today? Should it be traditional, modern, contemporary or simply natural…
Perhaps all these forms have more in common than we think. Join us in this playful exploration.
And you think dance is not easy to understand? Don’t worry! Just open your heart and let the rhythm guide you. The joy of movement and of creating something together can gradually bring us together, shape us and bring us joy.
SOŇA FERIENČÍKOVÁ is a Slovak dancer, choreographer and founder of the production group BOD.Y, which supports the creation of new dance works and the development of international collaboration. Over the course of her career, she has worked with numerous choreographers and companies in Slovakia and abroad. She has performed throughout Europe, as well as in Turkey, Israel, Mexico, China and Iceland. In 2018, Soňa was nominated for a DOSKY Award and received one in 2024. Her productions were included in the prestigious Aerowaves selection in 2015, 2016 and 2025.
PETER ŠAVEL is a choreographer, performer and teacher working across Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Belgium. He studied dance education at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU) and at P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels. His work explores physical, precisely composed dance and the relationship between the individual and the group.
